Using a framework for MRI called STAND-Map, Mayo Clinic researchers are able to correctly differentiate between LBD and two other common types of dementia as often as 75 percent to 80 percent of the time.

Along with colleagues, James Galvin, M.D., M.P.H., an associate professor at Washington University have modeled Parkinson's-associated dementia for the first time. Their results are reported in the journal Sleep and summarized here.